Improvement in children s carriages



UNITED STATES FRANCIS W. WHITNEY, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO F. A. WHITNEY CARRIAGE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPRQVENlENT IN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,244, dated J une27, 1876; application filed February 14, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. WHllNEY, of Leominster, in the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Childrens Carriages; and that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 represents, in perspective, the body of a childs carriage withthe extension-drawer partly drawn out, as when elongating the body ofthe carriage to form a couch. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinalsection through the body of the carriage when elongated. Fig. 3represents a vertical longitudinal section through the same when closed.

My invention relates to a sliding extensiondrawer, the continuous sidesof which are beveled off at their rear end, in connection with thetilting seat of a childs carriage, to raise or incline it, as may bedesired. It also relates to stops, located on or near the extremity ofthe beveled portion of the sides of the extension-drawer, in connectionwith the tilting seat of a childs carriage, to retain theextension-drawer in position when the body of the carriage is extended.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

Thebody of the carriage is represented at .A. It is provided withstationary arm-supports B, connected permanently to the backsupport 0.Inside of the body A is located an extension-drawer, having a bottom, D,front D, and continuous side pieces D so that the carriage can beelongated when it is desired, and yet retaiu'the form of a continuousbody, closed at the sides, in which the childs toys can remain safelywithout danger of falling out and being lost while riding out. The sidepieces D of the drawer are beveled otf at the rear end, so as to passunder the transverse bar or projection e of the tilting seat E, andlower the front of the seat by movingthe extension-drawer out, or raisethe front of the seat by moving the extensiondrawer again into the bodyof the carriage. The rear end of the tilting seat E is nailed to theedge of a board, g, at a right angle to it, and the latter. rests on thebottom of the body of the carriage in a recess formed between theback-frame of the carriage and a stop, a, attached to the bottom of thecarriage, the recess being wide enough to allow the seat to be tilted.At or near the lower The drawer is also retained in position by railingsA on the sides of the body of the carriage projecting over the sides-l)of the drawer.

The carriage is generally used as shown in Fig. 3, with the top of thetilting sea-t horizontal, the-back part of it resting on the edge of theboard g, and the front part hearing, by means of the transverse bar 6,upon the horizontal portion of the side pieces 1.) of the ex tensiondrawer; but when it is desired to transform the carriage into a couch,all that is required is to pull the extension-drawer a short distanceout of the body of the carriage until arrested by the stops I). Thusextending the latter, and removing the support for the front end of theseat, it will tilt forward to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, thusforming a convenient couch for a child, and a continuous receptacle forhis toys.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. Incombination with the extension-drawer having continuous sides D beveledoff at the rear end, the tilting seat of childrenscarriages, constructedand operated substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the tilting seat of childrens carriages, operatedby the beveled end of the sides of the extension-drawer, the stops 1),located or formed on said beveled end, to retain the extension drawer inposition, as described.

FRANCIS W. WHITNEY. Witnesses:

E. E. MASSON, W. B. MASSON.

